Overview of disabilities and historical and current rehabilitation techniques.

Prerequisite

None

Additional Course Details

Contact Hours (based on 11 week quarter)

Lecture: 44

Lab: 0

Other: 0

Systems: 0

Clinical: 0

Intent:Distribution Requirement(s) Status:

Vocational Preparatory
Required for ATA degree

Equivalencies At Other Institutions

Other Institution Equivalencies Table

Institution

Course #

Remarks

N/A

Learning Outcomes

After completing this course, the student will be able to:

Become familiar with terms and definitions pertaining to rehabilitation.

Understand disabling conditions and current treatment.

Know how to evaluate treatment modes.

General Education Learning Values & Outcomes

Revised August 2008 and affects outlines for 2008 year 1 and later.

2. Critical Thinking

Definition:
The ability to think critically about the nature of knowledge within a discipline and about the
ways in which that knowledge is constructed and validated and to be sensitive to the ways these
processes often vary among disciplines.

Outcomes: Students will be able to . . .
2.6 Recognize how the value and biases in different disciplines can affect the ways in which data is analyzed.
2.8 Describe how one’s own preconceptions, biases and values affect one’s response to new and ambiguous situations.

Course Contents

History of rehabilitation.

Descriptions and examples of disabilities including:

Mental illness.

Developmental disabilities.

Head injuries.

Learning disabilities.

Alcohol and drug rehabilitation training techniques used for specific disabilities.